The Snapshots in Time Collection

Traditional Outrigger Boat (Banca) on Luzon Coastal Waters, Philippines, WWII Era

Traditional Outrigger Boat (Banca) on Luzon Coastal Waters, Philippines, WWII Era

A traditional double-outrigger banca, its canopy shading passengers from the sun, drifts on calm coastal waters off Luzon during the WWII era. Such vessels remained the primary means of local transport and fishing throughout the Philippine islands, largely unchanged despite the war unfolding around them. Project: 218434